Woven-wire fencing



FFICE ALVA L. KITSELMAN,` OF RIDGEVILLE, INDIANA.

WOVEN-WIRE FENCING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,421, dated June 28, 1898. Application filed January 26, 1898. Serial No. 668,045. (No modelo! To all whom it may concern: Y y

Be it known that I, ALvA L. KITsELMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ridge-` ville, in the county of Randolph and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful loven-Tire Fencing, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to woven-wire fencing; and it has for its objectto provide an improved fencing of this character which shall be durable and strong and at the same time present an ornamental appearance Vto render the same especially useful as an ornamental wire fence.

The invention also contemplates a wire fence or fencing so constructed that the saine will readily contract and expand according to changes in temperature without impairing the rigidity of the fence or the design thereof.

Vith these and other objects in view,which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view or elevation of a section of wire fence constructed in accordance with the presentV invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In constructing the wire fence contemplated by the present invention a series of parallel warp-wires l are employed. These warp-wires extend longitudinally of the fence and are provided with long pitch-coils 2, which pro-` vention to insure a regular contraction and.

expansion of the entire fence fabric without any strain or distortion thereof. The said coiled warp-wires 1 are the same form of wires "which are coiled by the use of the wire-coiling machine disclosed in the pending application of William H. Jones, Serial No. 641,845, iiled June 22, 1897, and are used in conjunction with the diamond-mesh fabric woven by the tion with the longitudinal warp-wires 1 is formedby twisting together the weft-wires 3 at their points of intersection, as at 4. At the points of intersection of the weft-wires 3 the twisted portions4 of such wires are closely wrapped about the warp-wires 1 to providea iirm connection between the weft-wires and the Warp-wires and thereby insuring a rigid structure of fence, while at the same time producing longitudinally-alined diamond meshes which are bisected by the separate portions of the coiledwires l. In this connection it is to be further observed that the greatest width of the diamond-shaped meshes 5 of the fabric is'disposed lengthwise of the fencing in order that said meshes can freely widen out and contract simultaneously with the contraction and expansion of the coiled wires extending across the same.

By reason o f arranging the diamond-shaped meshes in the manner described in connec- 'Ation with the coiled wires extending across throughout their entire length,and weft-wires of the fence, the twisted portions of the intersecting weft-wires being closely wrapped about a coil of said warp-wires, which latter bisect the diamond-shaped meshes and contract and expand therewith Without becoming loose at their points of connection with the weft-wires, substantially as set forth.

In testimony. that I claim the foregoing as i my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses;

ALVA L. KITSELMAN.

Witnesses: I

C. M. KITSELi/LAN,l

O. L. BARBUR. 

